seeking suggestions for tree removal...

[Ed of all trades]

If you don't want to use a chainsaw get an old cross cut saw, sharpened they do better than you think. My brother and I cut a cord of pulp wood with one once, but that is another story.

 

[/pine]

I appreciate all the suggestions and will undoubtedly end up using a combination of most of them...
Can't get a full size truck down there without scraping it up or cutting a wider trail...I mostly use a golf cart to get up and down...the tractor just barely makes it between trees etc...

The water level will not go down too much until late summer unless we have a really dry year...

I do have lots of heavy tow straps, chains and pulleys and I will take lots of pictures and post the progress

 

[MossRoad]

As someone suggested block and tackles can give you a tremendous mechanical advantage over that tree. Enough so that with enough pulleys and rope/cable, your golf cart could pull it out or at least up to shore so you can cut a chunk at a time in shallow water.

 

[/pine]

As someone suggested block and tackles can give you a tremendous mechanical advantage over that tree. Enough so that with enough pulleys and rope/cable, your golf cart could pull it out or at least up to shore so you can cut a chunk at a time in shallow water.

I do have a two double pulley blocks (makes a 4-part line) and 200' of 3/4 rope... before I had the tractor or the golf cart I used it (and several friends) to pull a much smaller tree from close to the same spot...

Now I just have to wait until it's warm enough to brave the cold water and put the suggestions into action...

BTW...this particular "fishing hole" has produced several rainbows in the 28"-30" range and a couple of browns slightly bigger...!

 

[jerrybob]

This is what I would do. I have to get into my creek all the time to cut up snags and yours is how they start, one long tree, then everything piles up against it. Before you know it the creek says,"I'm going around this thing" and cuts a new creek in my pasture.

Dump out your bar oil, & put Canola Oil in your chainsaw oil reservoir. The Canola works fine for bar lube while you cut the tree up and yes you can stick your bar under water(not the powerhead) and it will cut. When your all finished, dump out the Canola and replace with bar oil, then run the saw until the bar oil is back on the chain. Canola left in the saw for too long will congeal and clog the oil pump.

Curious.....why the canola oil?

 

[MossRoad]

BTW...this particular "fishing hole" has produced several rainbows in the 28"-30" range and a couple of browns slightly bigger...!

Do you need any help removing that tree?
:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Curious.....why the canola oil?

Its biodegradable and won't harm the stream.

 

[jerrybob]

Its biodegradable and won't harm the stream.

Oh you environmentalists!!!! Just kidding......that makes sense...thanks!

 

[turnkey4099]

Oh you environmentalists!!!! Just kidding......that makes sense...thanks!

With a 4x1 mechanical advantage (2 snatch blocks) your tractor will snake that out of there in one piece. Might have to cut the root ball off first though. I have yanked trees that size out of bottoms using nothing but my F150 2X. Of course my wood hauler always has 4 snatch blocks, around 400' of cable in 50-75' lentghts, some tow straps, etc. The draw back to adding ma is the amount of cable you need, i.e., for a 4 to 1 ma, you have to pull 40' of cable to move the load 10'.

Harry K

 

[Rustyiron]

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Free firewood, you remove!:laughing:

Or a reeallyy looong bar for your saw!

 

[/pine]

To give some perspective of how the tree got there...here is a picture just after the river crested...

 

[Chilly807]

Y'all ever hear of boats down there?? Get the ol' rowboat out there with a fat guy with a pole in the bow to hold it down an' another not quite so fat guy in the stern with a saw with about a 48 inch bar. Stick the bar in the water if you have to, and whittle 'er down to size. Wear a raincoat, 'cause you're gonna get wet!

Wood, even oak, doesn't weigh anything underwater, and it'll float in smaller pieces. Every piece you cut off that's sticking out means another piece will come to the top. Git 'er done, and get lots of pictures while yer at it!

Sean

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Y'all ever hear of boats down there?? Get the ol' rowboat out there with a fat guy with a pole in the bow to hold it down an' another not quite so fat guy in the stern with a saw with about a 48 inch bar. Stick the bar in the water if you have to, and whittle 'er down to size. Wear a raincoat, 'cause you're gonna get wet!

Wood, even oak, doesn't weigh anything underwater, and it'll float in smaller pieces. Every piece you cut off that's sticking out means another piece will come to the top. Git 'er done, and get lots of pictures while yer at it!

Sean

Feeling cold while you do it is only temporary ! :laughing:

 

[MotorSeven]

To give some perspective of how the tree got there...here is a picture just after the river crested...

Looks just like my creek last week...then just about two weeks before that. Winter is always fun for us bottomland dwellers:laughing:

 

[Brokermike]

rope and a ***-a-long. Once you ge it moving it should swing towards the bank with the current. Once it's tight to the bank just cut it up with a chainsaw and lift with the tractor

 

[KTurner]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this yet:
Splitting lumber with black powder - YouTube

Keith